DAVAO CITY - Former President Rodrigo Duterte spent a total of P4.5 billion in confidential and intelligence funds for 2021, according to the Annual Financial Report of the Commission on Audit on national government agencies.
The report noted
that the Office of the President under Duterte spent P2.25 billion on
confidential expenses while another P2.25 billion was spent on intelligence
expenses.
The report is
prepared annually by the commission, as mandated by the Constitution and the
Government Auditing Code of the Philippines.
A total of P9.02
billion was spent by the national government for confidential and intelligence
expenses, with P3.995 billion for confidential expenses and P5.086 billion for
intelligence expenses.
The confidential
and intelligence expenses of the Department of National Defense amount to
P1.860 billion (P1.838 billion intelligence and P22.25 million confidential)
while the Department of the Interior and Local Government totals P908.45
million (P848.45 million intelligence and P60 million confidential).
The Department of
Transportation also spent P6.85 million on confidential expenses and P10
million on intelligence expenses.
Other government
agencies have the following confidential expenses:
1. Department of
Justice P258.21 million
2. Department of Finance P60.625 million
3. Department of Foreign Affairs P31.74 million
4. Department of Social Welfare and Development P20.038 million
5. Department of Environment and Natural Resources P15 million
A copy of the
financial report was received by the office of President Bongbong Marcos on
September 29, 2022. The report can be downloaded from the COA website. (Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News)
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